Oct 22, 2026 · 46 min · 12 segments
The conversation features Volker Fuchs discussing the history and evolution of Test-Fuchs, a family-owned aerospace company, and his personal journey in aviation. Key topics include the company's…
Danielle McLeanHostI think there are several reasons from my point of view or from our point of view that first of all, there was the hope that all the development on the hydrogen side could be much faster.
Second, the overall pressure on having zero emission flying east because of other problems, issue we have on the world right now.
So the environmental threat Compared to other threats we see today, lost the appearance, or I don't know, I think it's still there, but how it is seen in the world, that has definitely changed.
And a major point from my point of view was also that there was a certain small window of opportunity that the next single-air aircraft could be also powered by hydrogen.
And I think that window was missed because of the development was not as quick as hoped.
So, and that was the main reason from my point of view that they throttled back and said, okay, that in the next big development, there won't be hydrogen on board.
But Airbus still stays with the technology in principle, but on a slower pace.
Climate change, even with it in our face, it's still far away from it really affecting us compared to So many people now think AI is going to ruin the world.
The Middle East, conflict, war, Russia, Ukraine, the nuclear developments that think like, well, why does climate change even matter? Because the world's not even going to last long enough.
The human being in general is not very stable in terms of heading in a certain direction.
So it's quite volatile and fragile about directions and could be distracted easily if we talk in general.
And so you see that sometimes things are quite often more, it's more important that it's hip than what's the real reason why you do
I think there are several reasons from my point of view or from our point of view that first of all, there was the hope that all the development on the hydrogen side could be much faster.
Second, the overall pressure on having zero emission flying east because of other problems, issue we have on the world right now.
So the environmental threat Compared to other threats we see today, lost the appearance, or I don't know, I think it's still there, but how it is seen in the world, that has definitely changed.
And a major point from my point of view was also that there was a certain small window of opportunity that the next single-air aircraft could be also powered by hydrogen.
And I think that window was missed because of the development was not as quick as hoped.
So, and that was the main reason from my point of view that they throttled back and said, okay, that in the next big development, there won't be hydrogen on board.
But Airbus still stays with the technology in principle, but on a slower pace.
Climate change, even with it in our face, it's still far away from it really affecting us compared to So many people now think AI is going to ruin the world.
The Middle East, conflict, war, Russia, Ukraine, the nuclear developments that think like, well, why does climate change even matter? Because the world's not even going to last long enough.
The human being in general is not very stable in terms of heading in a certain direction.
So it's quite volatile and fragile about directions and could be distracted easily if we talk in general.
And so you see that sometimes things are quite often more, it's more important that it's hip than what's the real reason why you do
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